Combined picture frame and mount.



PTENTED AUG. 21, 1906. F. W. SWEET.

COMBINED PICTURE FRAME AND MOUNT. APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 1a. 1905.

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UNITED` sTATEs PNTENT oEEicE.

, s FRANK W. SWEET, E MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. COMBINED PloTunE FRAME ANDMOUNT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 21, 1906.

Application filed November 18.1905. Serial No. 288,001,

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Be it known that I, FRANK W.. SWEET, of Minneapolis, Hennepin' county,Minnesota, have invented cert-ain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Picture Frame and Mount, of which the following is a speciffication.

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,of cardboard My invention relates to mounts wherein photo raphs andother pictures may be place and supported in an upright position; andthe object of my invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive formof mount which can be sold and shipped ina knockdown form and completedor set up preparatory to using.

further object is to provide a mount that will be neat and ornamental inappearance and serve as a frame for the picture therein.

The invention consists generally in providing a picture-mount havingfront, rear, and intermediate lates all composed of a sin le piece offlexi le material.

n the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure1 is a lan view of the blank in a collapsed form rea y to be folded toform the frame and mount partially formed. Fig. 2- is a similar viewshowing the mount partially formed. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of thecompleted frame and mount.

In the drawings, 2 represents the front plate, having an opening 3 ofsuitable shape, through which the picture is visible.

4 is the back plate, and 5 an intermediate one connected at its ends tothe lower end of the plate 2 and the upper end of the plate 4. Thesethree 'platos are preferably composed of one piece of flexible materialof suitable weight, according to the size of the mount, and in anydesired color. The various kinds used in picture-mounting may beemployed for this purpose. When the three plates are made from onesheet, transverse scoring-lines are provided at the ends of theintermediate plate 5, and the plates are folded along these lines, theintermediate late being turned u i from the bottom of the ont plate andthe ack plate being turned down from the upper end of the intermediateplate. The intermediate late is folded flat against the rear wall oftliie front plate and secured thereto by any suitable means, preferablyby gummed flaps 6 on the longitudibe concealed by nal edges of the plate2. The upper end of the front and intermediate lates 1s left open topermit the insertion o tween them, and a glass or celluloid plate may beinserted into the frame in front of the pic ture, if desired. The rearplate is bent downwardly and may have gummed edges 7 to present afinished appearance to the mount, and a slit'8 is formed therein toreceive the end of the T-shaped tongue Q pressed or iunched lout of theintermediate plate 5. he tongue will hold the front and rear plates intheir pro er relative position, and the opening ma e in the intermediateplate will the picture when inserted into the mount. The front plate maybe stamped in any suitable design to add to the ornamental features ofthe device.

In some forms of mounts the guinmed edges maybe dis ensed with ormodified, and in various ways t e ornamental features may be-changedwithout departing from my invention, the essential feature of whichconsists in the front, rear, and intermediate plates formed of a singlepiece of iiexible niater`al and folded in the manner shown.

I claim as my inventionl. A combined picture frame and mount comprisingfront, rear, and vintermediate' plates formed from a' single piece offlexible material, said front plate havin an opening through which theicture is visi le, and said intermediate plate being hinged to the lowerend of said front plate and to the upper end of said rear plate, and atongue, carried by said intermediate plate and engaging said rear plate,substantially as described.

2. A combined picture frame and mount comprising front, rear, andintermediate plates, said front plate having an opening through whichthe picture is visible and having Inmed longitudinal edges, saidintermediate plate being attached to said front plate at its lower endand lhavingits longitudinal edges secured by said gummed fla s, theupper end of said intermediate plate eing attached to the correspondingend of said rear plate, an opening being provided for the insertion ofthe picture and a bracing means for said rear plate.

3. A combined picture frame and mount comprisin front, rear andintermediate plates, sa d front plate' having an opening through whichthe picture is visible and said the picture be,

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intermedieteplete being hinged to the lower end of said front plate andto the upper end of seid rear plateend. a tongue pressed 0r punched outof sind interme iate plate and 5 adapted to enter a slot provided insaid rear plate and servmg as a brace therefor, sub? stantially asdescribed. v j

In uritness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 9th day ofNovember, 1905.

Y FRANK W. SWEET. Witnesses: f

RICHARD PAUL,` C. MAcNAMARAr

